Recitation

To Remain Under God Controversy spreads widely on a topic that has yet to be settled: the appropriateness of the expression “under God” in America’s national Pledge. Supporters of the saying believe that it instills a sense of safety, humbleness, and morality. They approve of the phrase whereas critics condemn it for its hostility. Contestants argue that the saying imposes a monotheistic conviction, a religious declaration, and the fear of out casting on an entire nation whose people are not…

their dreams after waking up? Are they able to distinguish the difference between dream and reality? In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nick Bottom expresses his comprehension of dream and imagination. His awakening speech with garbled recitation of 1 Corinthians 2:9 demonstrates that the imagination he experiences is beyond a human being’s reason. It is suggested in the play that he cannot either clearly recall the dream or understand it, and he recites St. Paul’s lines in order to…

Which guide into a lawsuit of pledge allegiance Michael Newdow was the issue that his daughter was reciting pledge allegiance with the reference under California. Elk Grove educators start school ever days through leading students in a voluntary recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance,…

didn’t have a problem with reciting this prayer. He participated in the recitation of the prayer. It wasn’t until his father came to visit his son at school and saw that he was reciting this prayer, that he had a problem with it. Steven Engel was Jewish man. His attitude towards his son reciting this prayer at school was basically, this is not the way we say prayers. He basically decided that he didn’t agree with the recitation of this prayer, so his son wasn’t allowed to recite this prayer.…

are cleaning and only a few students actually do the cleaning. During my first observation there, although they know that there is someone observing them, their noise was too much. They needed constant teacher intervention just to be quiet. During recitation, only five students are keen on reciting. Others were too shy but when the teacher asks them, they were able to answer correctly. Just like Section C, section D was also given a big room. Even if I am just starting to observe, I do not want…

The Memory Principals that I use effectively and on a regular basis are association, concentration, feedback, and time on task. I use association by creating acronyms to help me remember long lists of information. For example, to memorize characteristics of life I used MMRDMERG-movement, maintaining boundaries, responsiveness, digestion, metabolism, excretion, reproduction, and growth. I use concentration and time on task together. I can get myself into a state of concentration where time seems…

Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools remain controversial legal issues. In banning school prayer, the U.S. Supreme Court has mistaken the principle of “freedom of religion,” guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, for freedom from religion and any observance of it. School prayer would allow religious students the freedom to observe their religious beliefs during the school day. The U.S. Supreme Court has urged school cooperation with religious authorities for “it then respects the…

In current society, social norms are an important aspect of culture. A social norm is an expected form of behavior in a given situation. Social norms include shaking hands when meeting someone, making eye contact when talking to others, and even the cultural standard to not burp in public. When social norms are broken on accident, a variety of reactions can occur. In order to break a social norm, certain characteristics are needed. For example, confidence, courage, and determination are needed…

AP Literature is a tough, exhausting, and mentally draining class. College level 1010/1020 English is also a rigorous, strenuous, and stressful class. When one combines these two classes together, the result it a sleepy overwhelmed senior. This combination of English classes is what I drag myself to in the early morning for first period to begin my academic career. This class has been a life changing classes and far more challenging than any other class I have ever participated in. This class is…

effectively performs the written work of both German and British soldiers to illustrate the underlying futility of the war that demanded such a devastating toll from both sides of the battlefield. The audience is “dropped in straight away” into an intense recitation of an extract from All Quiet on the Western Front which was written from the perspective of a traumatised German solider who “see(s) men living with their skulls blown open.” Similarly, the German poem Prayer Before Battle by Alfred…